javascript and html

ecannizzo · Jul 28, 2006

I'm trying to write a hyperlink out in javascript, but I'm just getting the text written out to the screen. If I put a document.write() around it, it does create the link, but it overwrites the whole page. Is there anyway to write out html without overwriting the whole page?

Thanks!

j4606 · Jul 28, 2006

you could try giving an div and id and then writing to the innerhtml of the div. via something like this.

Code:

<html>
<script type="text/javascript">
function writelink(){
	document.getElementById('myDiv').innerHTML="<a href='[URL unfurl="true"]www.google.com'>googles</a>";[/URL]
}
</script>
<body>
text
<div id="myDiv"> my div text</div>
</body>
<button onclick="writelink()"> write link to div</button>
</html>

j4606 · Jul 28, 2006

This should also work with span tags for inline elements.

cLFlaVA · Jul 29, 2006

j4606's is the preferred method (in my opinion), but just to show you how to use the document.write method, here's an example:

Code:

<html>
<head>
  <title>document.write()</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>The hyperlink below is written with document.write():</h1>
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
document.write("<a href='[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.google.com/'>googles</a>");[/URL]
//--></script>
</body>
</html>

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